Local Self-Government
| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE | |
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| Course title | Local Self-Government |
| Chair of Constitutional and European Law | |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Lecturer | prof.dr.sc. Anita Blagojević |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 10/17 |
| Telephone | +385 31 224 500 |
| anita.blagojevic@pravos.hr | |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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| Course content |
I. Introduction to local government and local governance, II. Multi-layer government, local competences and principles of local self-government, III. Comparative local self-government, IV. Criteria and dilemmas of territorial and competence division, V. Local self-government in the Republic of Croatia, VI. Financing local self-government, VII. Local elections system, VIII. Local self-government supervision and constitutionality/legality control, IX. Regional development and cooperation |
| Course learning outcomes |
Define and differentiate between different local self-government terms, Describe basic local self-government terms in comparative perspective, Explain the current local self-government legal framework in the Republic of Croatia, Interpret specific norms regarding Croatian local self-government, Critical analysis of the functioning of Croatian local self-government, |
| TEACHING METHODS | |
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| ☑ Lectures ☐ Seminars and workshops ☐ Exercises ☑ Independent tasks ☑ Multimedia and internet | ☑ Distance education ☐ Office hours ☐ Laboratory ☐ Field work ☐ Mentoring work ☐ Knowledge test |
| EXAMINATION PROCEDURE | |
| ☑ Oral exam ☑ Written exam ☑ Colloquium |
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| ADDITIONAL FACTS |
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| LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS |
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| Required reading |
| Blagojević, Anita, Tucak, Ivana. Pravni i institucionalni okvir hrvatske lokalne samouprave. 2021. Pravni fakultet Osijek |
| Koprić, Ivan (ur.). Javna uprava: nastavni materijali. 2006. Društveno veleučilište, Pravni fakultet Zagreb |
| Koprić, Ivan (ur.). Reforma lokalne i regionalne samouprave u Hrvatskoj - odabrana poglavlja. 2013. Institut za javnu upravu, Pravni fakultet Zagreb |
| Optional reading |
| Lauc, Zvonimir. Acquis Vijeća Europe i hrvatska lokalna samouprava, Ustavne promjene Republike Hrvatske i Europska Unija. 2010. Pravni fakultet u Splitu |
| . Europska povelja o lokalnoj samoupravi i lokalna samouprava u Republici Hrvatskoj (Zbornik radova), Osječko-baranjska županija. 1998. Pravni fakultet u Osijeku, Veleposlanstvo lokalne demokracije Slavonije, Osijek |
| Lauc, Zvonimir. Decentralizacija: uvjet optimalizacije lokalne i regionalne samouprave. 2001. Hrvatska javna uprava, 3(2001), 2 |
| Lauc, Zvonimir. Lokalna samouprava u Republici Hrvatskoj - de lege ferenda. 2000. Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu, 50(2000), 1/2 |
| Lauc, Zvonimir. Promicanje i provedba načela Europske povelje o lokalnoj samoupravi, osobito načela supsidijarnosti. 1999. Hrvatska javna uprava, 1(1999), 3 |
| Hrženjak, Juraj. Lokalna i regionalna samouprava u Republici Hrvatskoj. 2004. Informator, Zagreb |
